WEEK 4 INVESTIGATION

[foundationmods]

Four weeks.

By now, waking up to death on Friday was becoming normal.

Gazing at something that should not have occurred...a death of one of them.
A death done by one of them....which could have been done by anyone.
Even by someone who would seem to have no reason to kill...🗈

Such a thing...was draining.
No, it was more than that - it was preying upon their very souls...
But they had no choice.

No matter how they felt, they had to search, to find the body and find the clues that would bring them to the killer themselves in tomorrow's trial.

...What kind of horror will they find today?

What kind of death did one of their number face?

And what sort of horrible, heart-rending truth....will be the end result, at the end of this week...?

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[foundationmods]

[Nothing.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Checking for head wounds next. Because Natsuno was strong, how could someone beat him in a fair fight?]

[foundationmods]

[There's no headwounds, either.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Can he discern the shape of the bruises, to see if they look like fists, feet, or a blunt object?]

[foundationmods]

[No. It's too difficult to tell, and also hey Erhard YOU'RE STILL KIND OF BLEEDING FROM YOUR WRIST BUDDY]

[cryosurgeon]

[He's wobbling, but he's fine, his lab coat sleeve is soaking up the blood, it's perfectly fine.

Thinking like a doctor, he'll palpate Natsuno's chest to check for displaced rib fractures. Maybe he bled out internally.]

[foundationmods]

[Erhard sweetie, He was stabbed in the heart. He didn't really need to bleed internally at that rate.]

[cryosurgeon]

[He's trying to think... of where the blood could be... if it's not there....

Damn, his head's swimming. But he's being really stubborn.]

[youkaiwatch]

[ i mean okay but it's not like the sleeve is depositing it back into your veins ]

[rikuchi]

[ Coming his way with bandages because he didn't forget the other got cut. ]

Hey, let me help wrap your wrist.

[cryosurgeon]

'm fine... I don't....

[He sways and braces his hand on the floor.]

... not useless....

[rikuchi]

No, you're not. So, c'mon.

[ Riku is not taking no for an answer, moving to carefully set down a bowl of water and disinfectant. So he'll first dab at the wrist with a rag before trying to put the bandage around the wrist, emphasis on try. ]

[cryosurgeon]

[Erhard doesn't struggle, but his attention is fixated on Natsuno's body rather than what Riku is doing. He's still trying to investigate.

He's looking for anything: clothing damage, a torn out lock of hair, even trying to see if Natsuno's fangs were out.]

[youkaiwatch]

You know I can look for you if you want to tell me what to check for, or we can ask Mr. Holmes to do it. You look like you need to sit down.

[cryosurgeon]

....

[His hands are shaking, and when he tries to stop them they start doing his usual stiff-clenching stim thing again.]

I can't think of anything else to check. I... I'm not a forensics expert. He died of exsanguination and massive cardiac trauma. The stake didn't....

[His voice cracks slightly. His walls. Where are his walls? He needs to be blank again.]

I swear I didn't think I was using him....

[chaoscontrol]

Doctor...

[Shadow crouches by Erhard and the body. He'll sort of gently tug at him, trying to get him to sit down in a proper chair]

[cryosurgeon]

[There's no point in resisting. Once Riku finishes wrapping his wrist, he lets Shadow pull him to a chair and simply sags into it.]

... is this my fault? Did someone hack the message I left with AI@BA?

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow blips out again and then back again, with a cup of juice. He hands it to Erhard. Get some sugar in u, doc]

Unless you stabbed him, Doctor, this isn't your fault. ... Did you tell AI@BA something that might have put Koide in danger?

[youkaiwatch]

[ Actually, let's just double check a few things in case the blood loss made the doctor miss anything...

Just to clarify, the wound does look like it's from a double edged blade? Definitely something like a sword as opposed to a knife?

Aaaand is there anything under his nails? ]

[foundationmods]

[It does indeed look like it's from a double edged blade! Though there are double edged knives in the Master Bedroom, so it's not like those are ruled out.

And no, there's nothing under his nails.]

[youkaiwatch]

[ Noted! ]

[anonnomnomnom]

[A while later, after his general tour of the investigation locations, the checks and a couple of other side trips, Anon comes back into the quieter library. He has the broadsword and the double-bladed knife in tow, and he's going to come kneel by the corpse.

He doesn't flinch while he checks it over.

There's a ferocious focus instead, almost enough to scorch.

He's going to check the clothes for any missing bits, anything unusual about the hair, and then he's going to start matching the blades to the wound. Which one lines up? Don't make him re-stab the body......]

[foundationmods]

[Either of them could match up- The attack was just deep enough to hit the heart, but didn't go totally through.

As for Natsuno's clothes, they're not missing a single scrap of fabric.]

[youkaiwatch]

Thanks.

[rikuchi]

[ He'll nod. ]